Overview
- Washington beat USC 84-76 at the Galen Center, handing the Trojans their first loss of the season and dropping them to 8-1 overall and 1-1 in Big Ten play.
- Chad Baker-Mazara led USC with 21 points, while Jordan Marsh added 17 off the bench and freshman Jerry Easter scored 13.
- After trailing 48-30 at halftime, Washington outscored USC 54-28 in the second half and shot 56% from three after the break.
- USC played without Rodney Rice (shoulder), Alijah Arenas (torn meniscus) and Amarion Dickerson, with the team announcing Dickerson will miss up to four months with a right hip injury.
- Rice remains day-to-day and Arenas is targeting a mid-January return, as Eric Musselman’s reshaped roster regroups with the women’s No. 16 USC hosting No. 21 Washington on Sunday.